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1. Flash floods kill at least 98 in Nepal, Tibet and leave hundreds missing

   

   Massive flash floods in a border area of Nepal and Tibet on Wednesday killed at least 98 people and left hundreds of tourists, workers and others missing after sweeping through communities and bringing travel in some areas to a halt.

2. Meta agrees to make changes, pay up to $18B US over social media harms to children

   

   Meta Platforms agreed to make major changes to Facebook and Instagram and pay up to $18 billion US as part of a settlement to resolve claims brought by states across the U.S.

3. Tim Curry, star of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, dead at 80

   

   Tim Curry, the quirky British actor known for playing eccentric roles like the flamboyant alien mad scientist Dr. Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, died on Wednesday at his Los Angeles home.

4. IN PHOTOS | Tomato-flinging festival in Spain

   

   Thousands of people descended on Buñol on Wednesday for the annual La Tomatina food fight, where they painted the small Spanish town red with up to 165 tonnes of overripe tomatoes.

5. Chinese hackers disrupted U.S. Justice Department, NASA, Federal Reserve, U.S. says

   

   The United States says it has disrupted a Chinese hacking operation responsible for ‌break-ins at the U.S. Justice Department, NASA, the Federal Reserve, the Senate and other sensitive areas of government.